Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 11:37:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 11:37:45 -0500 Received: from ns.netrox.net ([64.118.231.130]:41095 "EHLO smtp01.netrox.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 11:37:43 -0500 Subject: Re: [Q] Which kernel + special patches ??? From: Robert Love To: Till Immanuel Patzschke Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <3DE5D2AD.72686009@inw.de> References: <3DE5D2AD.72686009@inw.de> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-10) Date: 28 Nov 2002 11:46:28 -0500 Message-Id: <1038501991.908.3.camel@icbm> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1143 Lines: 29 On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 03:24, Till Immanuel Patzschke wrote: > following this list for quite a while now raised the above question. To get > more specific: > Given an SMP system with many thousand processes and a potentially high network > and IO load, what is the best combination of source and patch, to make best use > of SMP, keep load low and throughput high? Personally, I use 2.4-ac which includes rmap, the O(1) scheduler, and a couple performance tweaks like read-latency and irq balancing. But I have seen some excellent numbers from 2.4-aa, so you may want to try that out, especially now that Andrea has the O(1) scheduler in there. 2.4-aa has a large collection of performance patches. Andrew Morton says that is the best performing 2.4 kernel he has seen. Your best bet is 2.6 when it comes out :) > Many thanks for the help and Happy Thanksgiving! Same to you. Robert Love - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/